STIGQter: STIG Summary: Rancher Government Solutions RKE2 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 7 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

Rancher RKE2 must store only cryptographic representations of passwords.

DISA Rule

SV-254567r1016559_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-254567

Group Title

SRG-APP-000171-CTR-000435

Rule Version

CNTR-R2-000800

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-004062 - For password-based authentication, store passwords using an approved salted key derivation function, preferably using a keyed hash.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Any secrets stored as environment variables must be moved to the secret files with the proper protections and enforcements or placed within a password vault.

Check Contents

On the RKE2 Control Plane, run the following commands:

kubectl get pods -A
kubectl get jobs -A
kubectl get cronjobs -A

This will output all running pods, jobs, and cronjobs.

Evaluate each of the above commands using the respective commands below:

kubectl get pod -n <namespace> <pod> -o yaml
kubectl get job -n <namespace> <job> -o yaml
kubectl get cronjob -n <namespace> <cronjob> -o yaml

If any contain sensitive values as environment variables, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-254567

Documentable

False

Rule Version

CNTR-R2-000800

Severity Override Guidance

On the RKE2 Control Plane, run the following commands:

kubectl get pods -A
kubectl get jobs -A
kubectl get cronjobs -A

This will output all running pods, jobs, and cronjobs.

Evaluate each of the above commands using the respective commands below:

kubectl get pod -n <namespace> <pod> -o yaml
kubectl get job -n <namespace> <job> -o yaml
kubectl get cronjob -n <namespace> <cronjob> -o yaml

If any contain sensitive values as environment variables, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5486